Treatment for OCD There are basically two ways to treat OCD- medicine and therapy. Medicine - People can take medicine that tone down the obsessions and compulsions. These different types of medicines don't completely cure OCD, but can make the fears and worries less intense.Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most common type of medicine used for OCD. Therapy -People can receive psychotherapy. A professional can help a person suffering from OCD undergolonger time periods without engaging in obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors.
Prognosis
The prognosis of OCD depends on how you deal with it. If it is left untreated, then it can stay with the victim for his/her whole life. Usually, the older you get, the worse the OCD gets. For most cases, with the proper medicine and therapy, improvement and even full recovery is possible. Only 20% of people with OCD are not affected by treatment.
Current Statistics as of Dec.30 2008
3.3 million adult Americans have OCD
Rate of Getting OCD: 6,255,999 per year, 521,333 per month, 120,307 per week, 17,139 per day, 714 per hour, 11 per minute, 0 per second in the USA
OCD cost the U.S. $8.4 billion in 1990; nearly 6% of the total mental health bill of $148 billion
Current Research
Current research with OCD is focused on finding better treatments for OCD patients. New types of treatment were already found with this research.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as a type of anxiety disorder in which you have unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to engage in repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
Obsession (on-going thoughts or impulses; "obsessive worries")
Symptoms / excessively worried about:
Compulsion (repetitive physical and/or mental behavior)
Symptoms -
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Treatment for OCD
There are basically two ways to treat OCD- medicine and therapy.
Medicine - People can take medicine that tone down the obsessions and compulsions. These different types of medicines don't completely cure OCD, but can make the fears and worries less intense. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most common type of medicine used for OCD.
Therapy -People can receive psychotherapy. A professional can help a person suffering from OCD undergo longer time periods without engaging in obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors.
Prognosis
The prognosis of OCD depends on how you deal with it. If it is left untreated, then it can stay with the victim for his/her whole life. Usually, the older you get, the worse the OCD gets. For most cases, with the proper medicine and therapy, improvement and even full recovery is possible. Only 20% of people with OCD are not affected by treatment.
Current Statistics as of Dec.30 2008
Current Research
Current research with OCD is focused on finding better treatments for OCD patients. New types of treatment were already found with this research.
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